Categoría: Heart Disease
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Stem Cell Treatment for Heart Attacks: Timing is Everything
Skeletal myoblasts are a type of muscle-specific stem cell that have been used previously in several clinical trials, particularly for heart failure and post-heart attack patients. Advantages of this type of stem cell include the fact that they are from adult sources (no risk of cancer), they are already committed to becoming muscle cells, and…
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Adult Stem Cells Healing Hearts
Adult stem cells are being more and more used in patients to achieve effects. In the treatment of patients with heart failure, Dr. David Prentice, discussed two studies in which adult stem cells appear to have some benefit. The first study was the result of a Brazil-Florida joint effort in which it was discovered that…
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Adult Stem Cell Companies Seen as Profitable Investment
In an article entitled, "Adult Stem Cells are a Promising Market", investment analysts cite the many financial and scientific advantages of adult stem cells over embryonic stem cells.
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Cellular Dynamics and Mount Sinai Sign Licensing Agreement
The Madison, Wisconsin stem cell startup company, Cellular Dynamics, has announced the licensing of cardiovascular cells from New York’s Mount Sinai Medical School.
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Biomechanical Forces Stimulate Blood Stem Cell Production
Researchers have traced the embryological development of blood stem cells to mechanical forces produced by the early embryological heart.
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Adult Stem Cells Treat Stroke Patients in Clinical Trial
In an FDA-approved clinical trial, the first patient to receive an adult stem cell therapy for the treatment of stroke shows significant improvement.
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Equine Stem Cell Technique to be Tested in People
Scientists in London announce that a novel adult stem cell therapy which has already been successfully used in race horses for repairing damaged Achilles tendons will now be tested on people.
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Growing a New Heart With Adult Stem Cells
Humans are beginning to emulate salamanders in their regenerative abilities.
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Common Enzyme Sheds Light on Health and Disease
An enzyme which is well known for its connection to a number of diseases such as cancer, heart disease, stroke and diabetes, now appears to play an important role in healthy brain maintenance.
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Osiris Demonstrates Exceptional Performance of Adult Stem Cell Product in Clinical Trial
The adult stem cell company Osiris Therapeutics has announced its final set of two-year results from its clinical trial for Prochymal, one of its adult stem cell products, which has met and surpassed all performance expectations.